>Money wise, it's good since it saves them a lot of money in the long term, I know that's what the article says, but I'm wondering if they truly put Google App

>Money wise, it's good since it saves them a lot of money in the long term, I know that's what the article says, but I'm wondering if they truly put Google Apps up against Office 365 which would be an apples-to-apples comparison? It seems more like they put Google Apps up against an on-premises Exchange + locally installed productivity software suite which is not a good comparison Microsoft has actually been forced by their competitors (especially Google) in offering a competing offering by way of Office 365. You can have hosted Exchange for $4 per user per month. It's been in production for years, and in the last year has really worked well for my organization.